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title: Determine what is thereby asserted when an adult who has been asleep… — Screens, diets, sofas and late nights · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine what is thereby asserted when an adult who has been asleep declares "I was only resting my eyes". Exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 4 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

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Determine what is thereby asserted when an adult who has been asleep declares "I was only resting my eyes".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, adult · **What happens:** determine, assert, be, declare, rest · **To what, where:** eyes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e4:1
# text = Determine what is thereby asserted when an adult who has been asleep declares "I was only resting my eyes".
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	asserted	assert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	declares	declare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	ccomp	_	_
19	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **assert** | present · passive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: what=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present · perfect | a adult |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | a adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 5 | **rest** *in a quote* | past · progressive | a adult *= adult* | my eyes |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A request that the lights be extinguished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e4:o1:1
# text = A request that the lights be extinguished
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extinguish** | infinitive · passive | a request *not said here* | the lights |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A report that the adult was awake throughout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e4:o2:1
# text = A report that the adult was awake throughout
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	_
8	throughout	throughout	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the adult | a report *not said here* |  |  |  | awake *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A medical statement concerning an eye condition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e4:o3:1
# text = A medical statement concerning an eye condition
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | a medical statement *not said here* | a eye condition |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus condition=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A humorous denial that the adult had fallen asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e4:o4:1
# text = A humorous denial that the adult had fallen asleep
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	denial	denial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past · perfect | the adult | a humorous denial |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient that=Result |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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